Box or crate



H. BROWN.

BOX OR CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT,22, 1915.

Reissue May 10, 1921.

H. BROWN.

BOX 0R CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED sPT,22, ms.

. Reissued May 10, 1921,

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ATTORNEY view of a UNITED STAT PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH BROWN, 01' BATTiIE CREEK, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOB, BY HESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO WIREBOUNDS PATENTS COMPANY, A CORPORATION 01 MAINE.

Box on curs.

Specification of Reissued Letters Patent. Reissued May 10, 1921.

Original 1T0. 1,188,001, dated larch 28, 1918, Serial No. 758,811, filed Kai-ch 10, 1918. Application for reissue died September 88, 1815. Serial No. 52,188.

Toallwkomitmay concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Box or Crate, of which the following is a specification.

Anobject of my invention is to produce a wire-bound box or crate blank of such character that itmay be folded into box or crate form and held in that condition by means which may be readily removed without injury to any portion of the blank, so that the blank ma be easily opened'and reclosed and may e returned to its initial flat condition for shipment, storage and reuse. r

A further object of my invention is to provide means by which the necessary box or crate ends ma be placed and removed without the use 0 special tools, and in such manner that said ends may be easily withdrawn and replaced, whereby the (parts may be easil reduced to the flat an reassembled in ox or crate form.

The accompaiiying drawings illustrate my invention. i re 1 is a perspective view of a box embo' ying my im rovements ;v Fig. 2 a horizontal section on ine 2--2 of 1 and 3- Fig; 3 a vertical section on line 3-3 of Fig; 2; Fig.4 a pers ective view of one corner of the box and s owing in larger detail the adjacent ends of one of the binding wires and the independent member for connecting them; Fig. 5 a perspective view of the metal slide or rece ving the end members; Fig. 6 a perspective view of a desirable form for the mating ends of the cleats; Fig. 7 a reversed perspective of one of the cleats shown in Fi 6; 8 a plan of the inner face of the lank w en in the flat; Fig. 9 a perspective v ew similar to Fig. 1, but showing a modified form of connection for holding the. cover section closed; and Fi 10 a perspective air of cleats aving t mortise ans tenon ends. 7 I

In the drawings, B, 8,3 and T indicate the bottom, side and top sections, respece common 'tively, of a box or crate blank, each of these sectlons being preferably comparatively thin material, such, for instance, as veneer of cheap lumber, and also comprising cross cleats 10. The cleats 10 are so formed at their ends as to mate when the sections are folded into box form. In F i 6 I show I by staples 13 which, if the binding wires lie over the cleats, may also serve to attach the cleats and sheets'together in the usual manner. Heretofore it has'been customary to-proe'ct the bindin wires beyond the initial sections of the b ank and to twist these proected ends together to hold the top closed. 1th such an arrangement it is practically necessary to cut the wires to open the box and the box cannot be used again without considerable, difiiculty Instead of projecting the wires be on the initial sections of the blank there ore, I provide the ends of each bindin wire with a permanent eye 14 which lies c osel adjacent the initial ed of its section. top closed, it is merely necessary to connect these ad'acent eyes by independent fastening-mom rs. which maybe readil removed 11 order to firmly hold t e v It has heretoforevbeen commonly the practice to nail or staple the box ends to the inner faces of the end cleats of the :bottom andside sections. This requires specially designed nailing machines and the box cannot be readily reduced to the flat or blank form thereafter.

It has heretofore been proposed. to rovide means by which the ends coul be slipped into place, but such prior devices have either been lacking in firmness of conmotion or havebeen too costly to manu facture. I i

In order to accomplish the desired result, I pgrovide two metal uides of thin sheet metal.

ach "of these gui es is bent to comprise an angularly disposed edge 16, two intermediate portions 17 and 18 lying at right angles to each other and an edge 19 lyin substantia 1y parallel with the portion 1 Along the inner ed e of each-of the cleats 10 0f the sections I form a diagonally disposed kerf 21 arranged .to receive the angularl disposed edge 16 of the metal uide 1n suc manner thatthe portion 17 wi 1 lie parallelwith, and preferabl tightly against the inner face of the s eet of section (as clearly shown in .Fig. 2'), the edge of the portion 19 lying parallel with, but spaced from, the inner face of the cleat. By this arrangement the metal guides are held in place without special fastening members and the portions 19 are so placed as to laterally interlock with suitable portions of the end panels 22. The metal guides are comparatively small and may, therefore, be formed of quite thin material, being sufliciently braced by their arran ement relative to the cleats and sheets and y their interlocking with the,

end panels. If desired, the end panels may be of single thickness veneer unbraced by cross cleats, in which case, as shown in Fig. 2, the inner faces'of the end sheets may have shallow and narrow grooves 23 formed in them to receive the portions 19 of the metal guides.

When the side sections S-have been folded up at right angles to the bottom B, the ends 22 may he slipped downwardly into place,

the lateral interlocking between the ends 22 and the portions 19 of the ides serving to hold the, sides in place while the box is being loaded. The top'is then closed and held in place by the independent fastening members. In order to dismember the parts for vstorage and further use, the fasteners are removed and the end panels withdrawn.v

I claim as my invention':,

1. A wirebound package, comprising a plurality of ind1vidual sections, each comprising a palr of cleats and connecting sheet material, binding wires attached to such sections so as to connect them in foldable relation,each of said binding wires carrying an eye at each end sto ping short of registrv with ,each other w enthe sections are folded, and a single fastening means passing through the several oppositely disposed eyes along'an edge of the package to firmly hold 2. A wire-bound ackage blank comprising, a plurality of individual sections each comprising a pair of cleats and connect ng sheet material, binding wires attached to such sections so as to connect them in foldable relation, and a pair of sheet metal guides, said guides being associated with opposite, cleats of two opposite sections.

3. A wire-bound ing, a plurality of individual sections each comprising a pair of cleats and connecting nally disposed kerfs formed in the inner edges of said cleats.

4. A wire-bound package comprising, a plurality of individual sections each comprising a pair of cleats and connecting sheet material, bindingwires attached to such sections so as to connect them in foldable relation, a pair of sheet metal guides, said guides being associated with opposite cleats of two opposite sections, and end panels having portions which slidably engage, and laterally-interlock with said guides.

5. A wire-bound package comprising, a plurality of individual sections each comprising apair of cleats and connecting sheet material, binding wires attached to such sections soas to connect them in foldable relation, a pair of sheet metal guides each com-- prising an angularly arranged edge, two

intermediate portions lying substantially at ackage blank compris- V gularly arranged edges inserted in diagoassociated with opposite cleats of two '0 posite sections by having their angular y arranged edges inserted in diagonally disposed kerfs formed in the inner edges of the" cleats, and end panels having grooves which slidablyfengage and laterally interlock with said guides. V

' 6. A-iggvirebound package comprising, a plurality of individual sections each comprising a air of cleats and connecting sheet material, inding wires attached to such sections so as to connect them in foldable relation, a pair of sheet metal guides, said guides being associated With opposite clea s of two opposite sections, and end panels hav-- ing grooves which slidably en age erally interlock with said gui es;

7. A wire-bound packagecomprising, a plurality of individual sections each comprising, a pairof cleats and connecting sheet and lating, a plurality of indivi material, binding wires attached tov such sections so as to connect them in foldable relation, a pair of sheet metal guideseach comprising an angularly arranged edge, two intermediate, portions lying substantially at right angles to each other, and an edge cooperating with one of said intermediate portions to form a channel, said guides being associated -with o posite cleats of two opposite sections by aving their angularly arranged edges inserted in diagonal y disposed erfs formed in the inner edgesof the cleats, and end panels havin portions which slidably engage and latera ly interlock with said guides.

8. In a knock-down nation of side sections aving flexible connections, cleats forming part of said sections and having mating endsf'endpanels, and guides arranged in kerfs in opposed cleats and retained in place between the side sections and the end panels.

9. A wire-bound packa e blank comprisi lual sections each com rising a air of cleats and connecting A shee materia, binding wires attached to i such sections soas to connect them in foldof two opposite sections .by

two adjacent able relation, a pair of sheet metal guides, each comprising an angularly arranged and two adjacent portions substantia dy at right angles to each other, said gul es being associated with opposite cleats aving' their angularly arranged edges lnserted in dia nally dis sed kerfs formed in the inner edges of sai cleats.

10. A wire-bound package comprising a plurality of individual sections each comprising a pair of cleats and connecting sheet material, binding wires attached to such sections so as to connect them in ,foldable relation, a pair of sheet metal guides, each comprising-an angularly arran d edge and rtions substantially at right angles to es other, said guides being assoclated with opposite cleats of two opposite sections by havin their .an'gularly arranged e in diagonally dissed ke sformed' in the inner edgesof said cleats, and end panels. having edges slidable between portions of the guides and the cleats carrying the same.

11. In a wirebound box-havingseparably related adjacent sections, and complemental portions of a wire binding secured to said sections, detachable means tensionally separably connecting therespective portions of the wire binding to firmly hold the sections together.

12. A wirebound box having a wire binding secured thereto and separably connecting the to and side sections,'sa idwire bindingg-inclu ing detachable means, tensionally connecting the respective end portions'qf 66 the binding to firmly hold-the top closed.

ackage, the combi-' ward, displacement.

I the sections together.

14. A wirebound box comprising foldably related side and bottom sections having cooperating end cleats and flexibly connected by wire bindings; removable end sections embraced thereby; and separate detachable means fastening the end sections and cleats of the side sections to hold the parts in box form independently of the lid.

'15. A wirebound box comprising foldably related side and bottom sections naving cooperating'end cleats and flexibly connected by wire bindings; removable end sections; and separable locking strips joining the end sections and cleats of the side sections to hold the arts in box form independently of the lid y a 16. wirebound box comprising foldably related sections of side material and cleats for the four sides of the box flexibly connected by wire bindin a removable end section; and separable ocki means retaining the end section against inward or out- I 17. A wirebound box comprising foldably related sections of side material and cleats for the four sides of the box flexibly connected by wirebindings; a'removable end section; and separable locking means-retaining the end section against outward displacement.

18. A wirebound boxcomprising foldably related .sections of side material and cleats for the foursides of the box flexibl connected by wire bindings; a removab e end iection; andseparable lockingrmeans there- 19. A wirebound box comprising foldably related sections of side material and cleats for the four sides of the box flexibly connected by wire bindings a removable end section; and separable locking mean for said end section ada ted'to detachably hold it against outward isplacement. 7 20. In a wirebound box having cleats outlining the ends thereof, a removable end section; and separable locking means wetaining the end section against outward displacement. I

21. In a wirebound box having cleats outlining the ends thereof, a removable end '23. In a wirebound box having cleats out lining the ends thereof, the combination of lining the ends thereof, the combination of a removableend section constructed and era reinovahle end section; and separable lockranged to be inserted inside the cleats; and 10 ing means adapted to emit the insertion separable locking means to prevent outward 5 of said end section insi e the cleats and predisplacement thereof.

vent its outward displacement.

24. In a wirebound box having cleats out- 1 HUGH BROWN. 

